1. For further details on optimizing in terms of goals, policies, relations and conclusions, see S. Nagel, Public Policy: Goals, Means, and Methods ( New York: St Martin’s Press, 1984 )
2. and Edward Quade, Analysis for Public Decisions (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1983 ). These two books could be referred to for any of the eight principles. The first book uses numerous legal examples.
3. Other books that take an optimizing perspective toward law include Richard Posner, Economic Analysis of Law (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, 1977)
4. and Gordon Tullock, The Logic of the Law ( New York: Basic Books, 1971 ).
5. On dealing with non-monetary benefits and costs, see Mark Thompson, Benefit-Cost Analysis for Program Evaluation ( Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1980 );